Automation Engineer

First Military Recruitment
Crediton, Devon, United Kingdom
Last month
£55,000 pa
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7 Apr 2026 (Last month)

MS655- Automation Engineer

Location: Crediton

Salary: £55,000 per annum

Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking an Automation Engineer on behalf of one of our clients.This role requires flexibility - The role currently operates Monday to Friday with an on-call rota, with plans to introduce structured shift work including nights and weekends.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Reactive support for site automation issues within a clear escalation.

Demonstrate a structured problem-solving approach.

Ownership of minor (site managed) automation projects through the full project lifecycle.

Support project delivery of other site projects with automation elements.

Facilitating site activities to centrally delivered projects.

Maintain and monitor use of automation and electrical system software and documentation version control systems.

Liaise with the Automation Lead providing a site perspective to the ongoing development of the automation and electrical standards.

Ensure compliance with electrical and automation standards of site delivered projects and general improvement works.

Responsible for obsolescence management.

Ownership of the site level obsolescence and improvements plan focusing on the next level of controls (VSDs, servo drives, instrumentation etc..).

Evaluate performance data to feed into automation operational excellence activity to deliver improvements in efficiency and operability within production.

Ownership of site panel risk assessment register, periodic health checks and remedial/improvement actions.

Specialist automation support to site improvement initiatives.

Utilise specialist skills and systems access to validate and analyse site data, for example to support quality improvement activities.

Has an active role to play in continuously improving our business.

Encourage engineering based operational excellence projects.

Support the site roadmaps for quality / H&S / EMS / engineering / autonomous maintenance.

To have opportunities to deliver own ideas to improve our business.

Support improvement activities / events within facilities and engineering owned areas.

Understands the impact of own actions and others on achieving site & business strategy.

Aware of how current performance impacts the bottom line.

Ability to deliver on the job training (show and tell) to new colleagues.

Health and safety of self and others.

Skills and Qualifications:

Automation Experience (Allen Bradley Preferred).

Scada Experience.

Plant Master Experience.

Minimum 2 year’s experience.

Electrical qualification.

NVQ Level 3 in relevant discipline.

Relevant Automation Training certificates.

Ability to work within time constraints.

Ability to work individually as well as within a Team.

Flexible approach to work and hours

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